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Camorra

(kə môr′ə)

noun

a secret society organized in Naples, Italy, c. 1820, which became notorious for terror, blackmail, and violence
any secret society like this

Origin: It < ? Sp, quarrel, dispute < ?

Related Forms:

Camorrist noun or camorrist

See Camorra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A Neapolitan secret society organized about 1820, notorious for practicing violence and blackmail.
camorra An unscrupulous, clandestine group.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , perhaps from camorra, a kind of smock, said to have been worn by members of the society

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